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3801. Echoes of Eternity

Matthew 10:24-32

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Dennis Kastens

... is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will ...

3802. Suffering for Christ

Matthew 10:1-42

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Dennis Kastens

... receive a prophet’s reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward." Many of the lasting, important and significant things accomplished in this world require considerable suffering and sacrifice! This is true regarding our salvation and the suffering Jesus endured to make it possible, and ...

3803. The Spirit - For Me Too?

Joel 2:28-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... It is a gracious act of God in that he gives the gift for our well-being. The Gospel for today tells us that Jesus met with the disciples on Easter Sunday and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." If it is a gift, then no one can buy the Spirit. Who would ever think of doing ... Spirit, a person sings, "I love to tell the story ..." Before his ascension, Jesus declared that when the Spirit came, the Disciples would be given power to witness. Pentecost in A.D. 30 was a tongue affair. Luke records that the Spirit gave ...

3804. Who Are God’s People?

Exodus 19:1-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... to come. Those who believe in Jesus as the Christ are gathered into the church which the Bible calls God’s people. Jesus was for all peoples. There is a universality to the Gospel. The last thing Jesus said to his Disciples was, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations ..." For this reason, Jesus promised his followers that when the Holy Spirit came to them, they would have power to witness to all peoples. Accordingly, evangelism and missions at home and abroad constitute the mission of the church ...

3805. We Are Driven!

Jeremiah 20:7-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... of the day. Jeremiah was the most unpopular man of his day. Yet, for a Christian, this is par for the course of life. We have no right to expect anything else. In today’s Gospel lesson, Jesus says that a disciple is not above his master. If the Master is persecuted, why wouldn’t the same happen to a disciple? Jesus told his men that they should not fear those who can kill the body, but to fear only him who could kill both body and soul. Knowing this, it takes a brave person to be a true Christian! Have ...

3806. If You Had But One Request

1 Kings 3:1-15

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John R. Brokhoff

... . At Caesarea Philippi, Peter did not understand the necessity of Jesus’ going to Jerusalem to suffer and die. Philip could not understand who Jesus was. Jesus had to ask, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip?" The Disciples on the way to Emmaus did not understand that Jesus would rise again. Jesus exclaimed, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!" Notice their lack of wisdom - "O foolish men!" Do we understand ourselves? Do we see ...

3807. Christian The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... be served but to serve. God made us kings, as he chose David, to feed the people with the Gospel and to serve people. The risen Jesus met with Peter for breakfast on the shore of the Sea of Galilee to reclaim him after his denial as a disciple and leader of the church. Three times Jesus asked him if he really loved him. Each time, you remember, Peter declared that he did love Jesus. And each time Jesus responded, "Feed my lambs," "Tend my sheep," and "Feed my sheep." A shepherd-king is commissioned to serve ...

3808. Out of the Barnyard

John 11:38-44

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Robert Bachelder

... rang their bells to salute Nazi victories until they were taken away to be melted down for the German war effort. In contrast to these barnyard Christians stand Jesus’ original disciples. Jesus said to them: "You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." The disciples moved far beyond their local barnyard. Their experience of the resurrection sent them forth to an unceasing ministry of mission and service that shaped the early Church. So seriously did ...

3809. Begging Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

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Richard F. Bansemer

... . What needs did Jesus have? A hundred unanswered questions, maybe more. How would things go in Jerusalem? What about poor Judas? What about Peter? He needed time for himself to get away. He needed time for prayer, time with his Father. Gethsemane. He needed to tell his disciples so much more. They were still in the dark and hoped to be famous. He would wash their dirty feet. He would serve them bread and wine and tell them it was he. He would stand before Pilate and refuse to answer his charge. He needed a ...

3810. Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams

Luke 1:67-80

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Carroll Gunkel

... said, "I have no other plans; I’m counting on them." All else had failed. Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan knew that they were successors to those earlier disciples - those to whom the Master had given the responsibility for the declaration of the faith. Jesus was counting on them. Like those earlier disciples, the ministries of Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan were not without problems. They were called traitors. Their lives were threatened. They were condemned by both sides. They were accosted ...

3811. A Tale to be Told

Matthew 23:1-39

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George Bass

... is a tale that has to be told over against Jesus’ birth and life, death and resurrection. You see, Jesus’ prophesy that his followers would be persecuted and some would be killed, even crucified, came true not long after Jesus’ ascension. And Stephen, chosen by the disciples "to serve tables" so as to free them for preaching the Word, was the first person to be martyred in the name of Jesus Christ. Like his Master, he was victim of a plot by the religious leaders who, in the council of the high priest ...

3812. A Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Acts 9:1-19a

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George Bass

... ." And Jesus called him blessed because God in heaven had revealed this to him and declared: "You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church." He did just that as he changed a rough fisherman into a believer and an apostle. And he reminded the disciples that the Messiah would have to suffer, die, and rise again in order to accomplish reconciliation of God and his people in the world. Christ seems to have had an easier time with Peter than he did with Paul, doesn’t he? But it did take something over ...

3813. An Almost Anonymous Apostle

Acts 1:12-26

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George Bass

... that when death struck them down, they could look for resurrection when God would lift up all of the dead and give them life again. They could declare, "Because he lives, we shall also live." And they were willing to die, beginning with the disciples and apostles - that little band - until a mighty army of martyrs, too numerous to number and still growing, came into existence. The ultimate expression of faith in Christ and his resurrection is to live and also to die for that faith and message. So Matthias ...

3814. Journey to the Cross I: Jesus And The Demon-Possessed Man

Mark 5:1-20

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James W. Moore

... running and shrieking out of the tomb. He is so unbalanced! He is convinced that he is being held captive by a whole legion of demons, who are pulling and jerking him in every direction. This is an eerie, grim, suspenseful, frightening situation. Jesus and His disciples have just come through a storm on the Sea of Galilee. It is nighttime and having survived that frightening storm they are thrilled to now set foot on solid ground. But, as they get out of the boat, they encounter a different kind of storm ...

3815. Journey To The Cross II: Jesus And The Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

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James W. Moore

... not allowed to set foot in the synagogue. In this magnificent passage, these two vastly different people… the down and out hemorrhaging woman and the upper crust daughter of Jairus are loved into life by our Lord. Remember the story with me. Jesus and His disciples have been going from town to town. He has been preaching the gospel and healing people. Large crowds are coming out. They are clamoring to see Jesus and hear Him. One day this man called Jairus came looking for Jesus. Jairus was the ruler of ...

3816. TO LIVE IS CHRIST

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John H. Krahn

... ’ve got it all wrong. True Christianity has a place for strong men and women. It’s for those who want to live a life that’s meaty ... one that counts for something. Christ calls no one to "Easy Street." Jesus only made two promises to his disciples: that they would get into trouble if they followed him, and that he would stick by them when they did. Those who live their Christianity often find they receive as many jeers as cheers. There is always trouble when one speaks out against injustice. Most of ...

3817. TO BE WHAT WE ARE

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John H. Krahn

... his hearers. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up," Jesus offered. "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple and will you raise it up in three days?" they questioned in unbelief. At the time not even Jesus’ disciples understood what he was suggesting. Only after his resurrection did they realize that the temple referred to his body that would be destroyed and then resurrected in three days. In Jesus’ ministry there is evidence that he regarded his death as the means by ...

3818. What It Takes to Stay Christian

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Raymond Gibson

... is He that is in you than he who is in the world" (1 John 4:4). The more difficult the times, the more open men and women are to the gospel. So, we cannot allow the national and world crises to divert us from our goals of evangelizing and discipling and helping to fulfill the Great Commission. This is our greatest hour for spiritual harvest in history. I don’t know the lady who wrote that letter, and I may never meet her until we meet in heaven. But one thing I do know about her for certain. She ...

3819. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR ALL SAINTS’

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Tom Eberle

... the quality of life of the master, so the beatitudes also become descriptions of the dedicated lives of those saints we honor today. [begins reading Matthew 5:1-12, as noted in script here] Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain,and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: Box: Now all we need is Doris Day to sing, To Dream the Impossible Dream. Minister: What do you mean by that? Box: We’ve all heard the blesseds are this, for they shall be that ...

3820. The Un-Parade

Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44

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Robert Noblett

... would not have been. There was a persistence in Jesus’ manner that is often sadly lacking in the manner of many today. Matthew relates this persistence on the part of Jesus in the sixteenth chapter of his Gospel: "From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priest and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." (Matthew 16:21) If one is not persistent, then she is pliant or yielding or spineless or vacillating ...

3821. What Is Your Holy Week Address?

Matthew 27:45-56

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Robert Noblett

... and where they want to go. There have always been people who take up permanent residence here and very few of us who have escaped spending at least a night or two there. The Psalmist declares that he has "gone astray like a lost sheep" and Jesus announces that his disciples are to seek out "the lost sheep of the house of Israel." They are still with us; the lost sheep can be you and me. Our lostness is lived out in ways that go almost unnoticed. We say one thing and then go off and do another. That is to ...

3822. Issachar

Genesis 49:1-28

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Warren Thomas Smith

... corpse. Issachar - what a contrast to Jesus, who labored in a carpenter shop, who walked by the Sea of Galilee; who wept, healed, preached, taught. The Son of God, for all his divinity and sinlessness, knew toil and pain. He was not above washing the feet of his disciples. He would willingly forego a noontime meal to talk to a fallen woman. He was not too tired to take little children in his arms. The New Testament does not tell of a Savior who spent time basking in warm sunshine at the side of a sheepfold ...

3823. Easter Headlines

Matthew 28:1-10

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Bill Bouknight

... angel sat on the stone. The Roman guards were immobilized and fell into a kind of catatonic trance. The angel told the women not to be afraid but to go and tell the disciples that Jesus had risen. As the women ran from the area, filled with both fear and joy, they met Jesus. He urged them not to be afraid, but to tell his disciples that he would meet them in Galilee. The women fell to the ground, grabbed his feet, and worshipped him. This was no apparition or body-less spirit that the women saw. Spirits don ...

3824. Why Did God Allow That To Happen?

John 9:1-41

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Bill Bouknight

... 3:33) .The greater problem for most believers is this: Why does God allow such awful things to happen? Jesus' disciples asked our Lord this thorny question almost 2000 years ago. They met a man one day who had been born blind. In the first century, ... most people believed that all suffering was the result of sin. So the disciples asked Jesus, "Who sinned in this case, this blind man or his parents?" There was even one school of thought that believed that ...

3825. Lazarus Rising

John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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... saying: “Then Jesus spoke out plainly. Lazarus is dead. I am glad not to have been there; it will be for the good of your faith. Let us now go to him.” It was the twin that spoke out. We will go and die with you,” said Thomas. Clearly the disciples thought that it was a bad decision but they are not ready to abandon ship yet. Now John shifts the scene back to Bethany. Lazarus is dead. And John says that many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them. So many things on this earth have ...

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